While it grows in a nature preserve that is protected, there is no guarantee that the plant will come back year after year. In fact, one of its threats comes in the form of another rare Cedar Bog dweller.

We first heard about the dilemma from a Dispatch science favorite, Bob Glotzhober (see below).

He wrote in an Ohio archaeology blog how he and a Cedar Bog worker took on a White Cedar to help the yellow lady's slipper and how he was getting ready to go back to the bog to see if their efforts paid off.

We couldn't resist and asked to go along. Dispatch science intern Jason Shough and photographer Tessa Bargainnier trekked through the fen with Glotzhober and found success.